Nigerian Police

The Nigeria Police
Abbreviation	NPF
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Logo of the The Nigeria Police.
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Badge of the Nigeria Police officers
Motto	Police is your friend
Agency overview
Formed	1930
Preceding agencies	Northern Nigeria Police (NNP) Southern Nigeria Police (SNP)
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Nigeria
Size	923,768 km2
Population	206 million
Governing body	Ministry of Police Affairs
Constituting instruments	Section 214 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) Nigeria Police Act 2020
General nature	Law enforcement Local civilian police See footnotes re local.
Operational structure
Headquarters	Louis Edet House, Abuja
Sworn members	371,800 officers [1]
Agency executive	IGP Usman Alkali Baba, Inspector-General of Police
Website
npf.gov.ng

Nigeria Police jẹ́ ẹ̀ka pàtàkì nínú ilé-iṣẹ́ agbófinró ní orílẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà^[2]. Gẹ́gẹ́ bí òfin àgbà orílẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà ṣe fi lélẹ̀ ní ọdún 1999, ilé-iṣẹ́ ọlọ́pá ní àṣẹ láti ní ẹ̀ka jákè-jádò orígun orílẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà^[3]. Nígbà tí yóò fi di ọdún 2016, àwọn tí wọ́n jẹ́ òṣìṣẹ́ ilé-iṣẹ́ yí ti tó 371,800.^[4], ìjọba àpapọ̀ orílẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà ń gbèrò láti mú àlékún bá àwọn òṣìṣẹ́ ibẹ̀ sí 650,000 nígbà tí wọ́n bá fi 280,000 kún 370,000. Ilé-iṣẹ́ ọlọ́pá ni ó jẹ́ àjọ ìjọba àpapọ̀ kan tí ó tóbí jùlọ pẹ̀lú bí wọ́n ṣe ní ẹ̀ka káàkiri Ìpínlẹ̀ mẹ́rìndínlógójì tí ó wà ní orílẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà , tí wọ́n pín sí ẹkùn mètàdínlógún àti ẹ̀ka àṣẹ mẹ́jọ^[5]. ^[6] Ní àsìkò tí a ń kọ àyọkà yí, ẹni tí ó jẹ́ Inspector General of Police (Nigeria)|IGP (Inspector General) ni Usman Alkali Baba^[7][8]. Oríṣiríṣi àtúntò ni ó dé bá ilé-iṣẹ́ náà ní ọdún 2020 látàrí rógan ti END SARS tí ó wáyébláàrín àwọn ọ̀dọ́ àti àwọn ọlọ́pá jákè-jádò Nàìjíríà^[9][10].

Ìtàn

Wọ́n ilé-iṣẹ́ àjọ ọlọ́pá sílẹ̀ ní ọdún 1820 ní orílẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà^[11].

Ní ọdún 1879, àwọn ẹ̀yà Hausa tí wọ́n jẹ́ 1,200 níye tí wón jẹ́ kọ́nstebu ni wọ́n fi bẹ̀rẹ̀ ẹ̀ka àjọ yí. ^[12] Nígbà tí ó fi ma di ọdún 1896, wọ́n ṣe ìfilọ́lẹ̀ ilé-iṣẹ́ ọlọ́pá ní ní Èkó tí ó jẹ́ olú ìlú fún orílẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà nígbà náà^[13]. Bákan náà ni wọ́n ṣ’ẹ̀dá irú rẹ̀náà ní ẹkùn Niger Coast, ní ìlú Calabar ní ọdún 1894 l'ábẹ́ ilẹ̀ tuntun tí wọ́n dá sílẹ̀ tí wọ́n pè ní: (Niger Coast Protectorate). Ní apá òkè ọya lọ́hùn ún, ilé-iṣẹ́ Royal Niger Company ṣe agbékalẹ̀ ọlọ́pá tiwọn náà tí wọ́n pè ní : ‘’Royal Niger Company Constabulary ní ọdún 1888 tí wọ́n sì fi ìlú Lokoja ṣe olú Ilé-iṣẹ́ náà.^[14]

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